A Somali man just released from Guantanamo described his time at the US military prison as “hell on earth.” Mohamed Saleban Bare was one of twelve Guantanamo prisoners released over the weekend. Bare told Agence France Presse “Some of my colleagues in the prison lost their sight, some lost their limbs and others ended up mentally disturbed. I’m OK compared to them.” Bare was first detained in Pakistan and then transferred to a series of US military prisons. He said, “At Bagram and Kandahar, the situation was harsh, but when we were transferred to Guantanamo the torture tactics changed. They use a kind of psychological torture that kills you mentally.” The words of Mohamed Saleban Bare.
